Paul Baker

Paul Baker qualified in 1992 from Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry. He spent two years working in hospital oral and maxillofacial surgery followed by a short stint working in general dental practice. In 1996 he started an MSc in periodontology at Guys Hospital. In 1998 he continued with a Master of Clinical Dentistry degree at Kings College London, which he passed with distinction. He was one of the first dentists to finish a specialist training pathway recognised by the General Dental Council and after passing the Royal College of Surgeons Membership in Restorative Dentistry was awarded a certificate of completion of specialist training in 2000. 

Since 2000 he has worked in specialist practice, limited to the treatment of periodontal disease and implant surgery. He has taught at all levels within dentistry, from teaching undergraduates at Guys Hospital to specialist-level courses on advanced surgical techniques for the British Society of Periodontology. He has published numerous articles on the management of periodontal disease but has a particular interest and reputation in the surgical management of gingival recession. He authored a chapter in the textbook Practical Periodontics (Elselvier), and several chapters in the Periodontology book published by the British Dental Journal, one of their Clinicians Guides. 

Paul is President Elect of the British Society of Periodontology for the year 2026.